Around Us Denies Yong Junhyung Was In Chatroom With Shared Illegal Hidden Cam Footage + Enlistment

Around Us Entertainment has responded to rumors that Yong Junhyung is another celebrity in the chatroom where illegal hidden camera footage was shared.

SBS News reported on March 11 that one of the singers is Jung Joon Young. Another member of the chatroom was labeled in the report as “Singer Yong.” This is not a common family name in Korea. There has been some speculation online that the singer is Yong Junhyung of Highlight.

On the evening of March 11, his agency Around Us Entertainment stated, “We have confirmed that it is not Yong Junhyung. It is a groundless rumor.”

Now, Around Us Entertainment has further clarified the situation in a statement. The agency stated that the message from “Singer Yong” shown on SBS “8 O’Clock News” as part of the report was from a one-on-one conversation between Yong Junhyung and Jung Joon Young from 2016, and clarified that the Highlight member has never been in a group chat with Jung Joon Young.

"Hello, this is Around Us Ent.

We are writing in regards to the news of the reveal of singer Jung Joon Young’s KakaoTalk chatroom, which was reported on SBS’s ‘8 O’Clock News’ on March 11, 2019. We are aware that people are saying that Highlight member Yong Junhyung is the ‘Singer Yong’ that is shown in the contents of the conversation from the group chatroom with illegal hidden camera footage that was revealed on the news.

Yong Junhyung has no connection to the filming or sharing of illegal videos. Also, Yong Junhyung has never been in a chatroom where Jung Joon Young’s illegal hidden camera videos were shared. In addition to that, we have confirmed that he has never been in any group chatroom at all with Jung Joon Young. We directly confirmed with Yong Junhyung after the news report and found out that conversation that was shared in the news was originally the content of a one-on-one conversation between Jung Joon Young and Yong Junhyung. Previously in 2016 when Jung Joon Young was having a hard time due to a personal matter, Yong Junhyung asked him what was happening. Jung Joon Young replied ‘I got caught taking a video and sending it [the message included symbols for laughter],” and [Yong Junhyung] asked in return, ‘You mean you were caught by the woman?’ In regards to the simulated group chatroom screenshot that was shared in the news, we plan to verify with SBS News about the authenticity.

Of course, it is true that he is a friend of Jung Joon Young, however being caught up in this matter for the simple reason of them being friends has made Yong Junhyung and everyone who knows him feel aggrieved. We will be taking strict legal action in cases of the damaging of our artist’s reputation through the continued spread of false information and malicious posts or comments.

We hope that the fans, who must have been very surprised by the sudden news during the evening, are quickly able to relax. We ask for your continued interest and love for the five members of Highlight. Thank you."

On March 11, the group’s agency Around Us Entertainment stated, “Yong Junhyung will be enlisting in April. The exact date will be revealed later on.”

I am also in a state of confusion, but since it seems like there are many people who are worried or angry because of me, I’m personally sharing this post. I was truly taken aback when I heard that it was said that I may have participated in or been caught up in this incident according to the news report today, and regardless of whether or not it’s true, I’ve once again looked back on myself because of the fact that my name was mentioned in relation to this. The reported content that was edited together after removing the context is entirely not true, and when I heard about this content I couldn’t even recognize that such events had occurred.

You can think that even what I said when I thoughtlessly answered with a question was a mistake. In the future I will be a little more careful about everything I say and do.

so he knew his friends was doing creepy shit and did nothing about it or...? also why are we supposed to take his word at face value? of course he's going to deny it. that conversation between them already sounds suspicious, so i'm waiting for the investigation

These statements aren't exactly good for him. They basically say that he had knowledge of the illegal events (recording women) occurring. They can try and paint it as nice as they want, but he didn't report anything nor does it seem that he scolded his friend for the illegal behavior. Why would they clarify this?

Oh by the way, his text response of "You mean you were caught by the woman?" sounds like he knew that his friend has done this behavior before.

I think a lot of people here are unaware of what they are referring to in those texts. Those texts, the ones with Yong Junhyung, are in relation to this, a scandal JJY had back in 2016. So Junhyung is not saying that he knew about the hidden/illegal cameras but that he knew about what everybody else knew, that JJY had filmed his ex-girlfriend.

I mean, he probably knew if they were close friends, but for now there's no evidence/proof of it. I hope everyone on those chats gets exposed and thrown to jail.